Hi crafters, I thought it was time to upload a selection of my favourite makes from all my demonstrations during the month of May. I have really enjoyed working with all the products that Docrafts have bought out for this loop. The new filigree dies have featured a lot, mainly because they are so lovely, I am sure you will agree?
Above is the Filigree Circle Frame. I have cut this from plain white cardstock and mounted it on 3D form dots. I then white heat embossed some butterflies onto parchment paper and coloured them behind using the Artiste pens,with a selection of pastel colours that complimented the background mounts.
On the left I have cut the Filigree layering flowers in white and layered them onto Capsule French Lavender papers. The background is created using the fabulous brick wall background stamp, also new this loop. The gorgeous card to the right was the most popular make
during my demo's. It is so easy to create, and what is even better, it uses all your tiny card scraps up. The die set is called Woodland Flourishes, just gorgeous and very versatile. I can see this being used, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, by changing the colours used, and of course, adding glitter at Christmas with a few Holly leaves! These two to the right were created using the new Cut & Emboss folders. What a great idea and they make beautiful cards for all occasions. These were another popular make, and you can see why?
This was a fun little make. As soon as I saw the Deco patch Beach Hut paper, I thought of a beach bag and so had to make one! This is actually a box in a bag, as the inside base of the bag is the base of a box. It makes a really sturdy bag, just right for adding a little gift. I made 4 simple 3"x 3" and 4"x 4" cards with envelopes, that had a nautical feel to them. I simply wrap the deco paper around white cardstock and taped it to the back, then mat and layered the white card. I think they look great. The hanging fish was a little handmade embellishment to finish off the bag.
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| The Little Friend |
Here comes Gorjuss! I love the Gorjuss girls and this loop saw the introduction of the Vintage Rose collection, which is just stunning. The papers, and especially the printed vellums, are just gorgeous. This image is one of the 4 new stamps, The Little Friend, Oops a Daisy, Little Song and Heartfelt. The are all adorable and stamp fantastically, because they are all on red rubber. If you are a Gorjuss fan, you have to get them, along with the papers and vellums, you will love them! I have sneaked in another new die from the Filigree tea cup die set here, and a sentiment of my own, printed from my computer.
I coloured the image with the fabulous new Dual Tip Watercolour markers from Docrafts. The Santoro pens colour match the Vintage Rose collection perfectly and you will get the results you
want to achieve with a bit of practice.. I always use a good quality water colour cardstock as my base. Leave the image to dry before trying to add shading and depth, it does make a difference and it is much easier to work with.
Here she is again, this time the images have come from the A4 Ultimate die cut and paper pack. This is bursting with toppers, papers and decoupage. I made a gift bag, a notebook and card, using 3 sheets of black A4 cardstock and 1 sheet of 12" x 12" , cut into 4 6" x 6" squares. You can do a great deal if you go for the bigger paper. I love how they turned out and they are really easy to make.
This card was made using one of
gorgeous printed vellum papers that
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| Oops a Daisy |
match the papers. I coloured in the image using Faber Castell Polychromo pencils. If you struggle with blending alcohol markers, I would give these pencils a go. They are lovely to work with and blend beautifully, with very little effort, just by using a blending solution and a paper stump. I use Sansodor from Windsor and Newton. Take a look on Ebay, you should be able to source both products easily enough.
This is another version of the first card, only this time I stamped the butterflies onto the same background patterned papers and then cut them out to mount onto the frame. I really think this is pretty and versatile. Thinking ahead to Christmas card making, this is another die that will be coming out. Just by adding holly leaves, berries and glitter, the wreath will be just perfect for batch card making.
Now a couple male themed cards.. this one is featuring that fabulous brick wall background stamp. The decoupage topper is from the A4 Ultimate die cut and paper pack from Mr Smith's Workshop from Papermania. With a Father's Day theme, they are all perfect for the men in your life. There is a range of accessories that compliment the papers, including Vintage brads and mini tool charms, all very useful in many ways.
This fun pop up box card was made using elements from both Mr Smith's workshop and Mr Mister from last year. I used the other new background stamp, a woodgrain image, onto Kraft cardstock for the base, and used dies, toppers and stamped images cut out, mounted onto acetate to form the focal points within the card. You can see the fabulous Vintage brads, in both large and small, which have been used to make the drawer handles on the front of the box.
That's all for now, do post a comment if you like any of my makes, I would really appreciate it!
Ann xx
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